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The Life 100 Years Ago project brings New Zealand events from the past to Twitter
Posted on 10-Apr-2013 11:57Tags News, Social media
Excerpts from New Zealand diaries written a century ago are now appearing on the most modern of communication media, Twitter. Comments (Comments)

Rackspace launches mobile cloud stacks to accelerate development of mobile apps
Posted on 10-Apr-2013 10:52Tags News, SaaS
New mobile cloud stacks for developers are purpose built to help developers design, build, test, deploy and scale mobile apps in the hybrid cloud. Comments (Comments)

Gemalto introduces private file storage and sharing app for mobile operators
Posted on 10-Apr-2013 10:50Tags News, SaaS
CloudnShare offers mobile network operators a fast-track to launch their own fully branded and secure OTT (Over-The-Top) application, or complement their existing cloud backup services in the fast-developing personal cloud market. Comments (Comments)

Telecom New Zealand 4G LTE goes live October 2013
Posted on 9-Apr-2013 09:41Tags News, 4G
Telecom New Zealand announced today that it will have 4G LTE live on a large part of its Smartphone Network in Auckland by October. The company will then extend 4G LTE coverage to Wellington and Christchurch by Christmas, and expects to have 4G LTE live on close to half of its nationwide Smartphone Network during 2014. Comments (Comments)

HP launches new class of server for social, mobile, cloud and big data
Posted on 9-Apr-2013 08:40Tags News, Computing
Cpompany announces new software defined servers designed for the high density data center infrastructure. Comments (Comments)

Windows XP support ends one year from now
Posted on 8-Apr-2013 09:26Tags News, Computing
Today marks the 12-month countdown until Microsoft Windows XP is officially retired worldwide. Support for the 11 year old operating system ends on April 8, 2014, leaving businesses still using XP open to potential vulnerabilities and security risks. Comments (Comments)

Telecom completes Yahoo! Xtra review
Posted on 5-Apr-2013 12:14Tags News, Broadband
Telecom New Zealand announced today that it will continue to offer its Yahoo! Xtra email service with Yahoo as its email provider. Comments (Comments)

HP improves enterprise mobility with cloud-based management solution
Posted on 5-Apr-2013 10:55Tags News, Mobile
HP Enterprise Cloud Services - Mobility integrates leading industry technologies, including solutions from Citrix and SAP, which are fully managed and maintained by HP to simplify deployment and ongoing operations. Comments (Comments)

TomTom releases first New Zealand Traffic Congestion Index
Posted on 4-Apr-2013 17:25Tags News, GPS
Research says New Zealanders spend up to 92 hours a year in traffic. Wellington was found to be the least congested city of those surveyed in New Zealand, Auckland the busiest. Comments (Comments)

Datacom Group sells Asia contact centre business to global giant Convergys
Posted on 4-Apr-2013 17:24Tags News, Computing
The sale will see Datacom’s contact centre operations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Manila, Philippines transition seamlessly to the new owner, Cincinnati headquartered, Convergys. Comments (Comments)

Viber brings free messaging and calls to Windows Phone 8
Posted on 3-Apr-2013 10:18Tags News, Windows Phone
Viber releases new version for the Windows Phone platform, supporting free messaging and voice calls on the latest Windows Phone devices. Comments (Comments)

2Degrees board appoints interim CEO
Posted on 2-Apr-2013 16:12Tags News, Mobile
In a release telco provider 2degrees announced business will continue, with the news of an interim CEO providing business continuity and support. Comments (Comments)

Telecom New Zealand confirms job cuts
Posted on 28-Mar-2013 09:39Tags News, Broadband
Telecom expects to reduce its number of full time equivalent employees from 7,530 at 31 December 2012 to approximately 6,300 to 6,600 by the middle of this year. Comments (Comments)

Telecom introduces Ultra Fibre plans
Posted on 27-Mar-2013 12:33Tags News, Broadband
Ultra Fast Broadband services on fibre available to consumers from 28th March. Comments (Comments)

New Zealand game developers earn top global creative marks
Posted on 26-Mar-2013 15:28Tags News, Gaming
As game developers come together from all over the world for the annual Game Developer’s Conference, New Zealand-created games will be featured on many of the top lists and prominent screens. Comments (Comments)

Acquia builds Australian team to assist Drupal deployments
Posted on 26-Mar-2013 15:07Tags News, Web media
Four new hires add to the expertise available for Australian corporates building web content and applications on the Drupal open source platform. Comments (Comments)

Panasonic Toughbook CF-AX2, the worlds lightest rugged Ultrabook available in New Zealand
Posted on 26-Mar-2013 15:03Tags News, Windows
Local distributor Comworth brings rugged but light Windows 8 Ultrabook to the market. Comments (Comments)

Web developer conference WDCNZ 2013 pulls in international stars
Posted on 26-Mar-2013 10:30Tags News, Computing
WDCNZ “Tech talks for web devs” is a full day conference with multiple streams covering the bleeding edge of web development. The confirmed speaker line-up includes stars of the web developer community such as Julia Grace, Garann Means, Rob Conery and Zach Holman. Comments (Comments)

Oracle buys Tekelec
Posted on 26-Mar-2013 09:29Tags News, Mobile
Acquisition adds network signaling, policy control and subscriber data management solutions to Oracle Communications portfolio. Comments (Comments)

Z Energy turns up the speed at the pump with wave and go payments
Posted on 26-Mar-2013 08:50Tags News, NFC
Visa and Z Energy have joined forces to bring consumers a faster way to pay for petrol and other goods with the introduction of Visa payWave in Z Energy stores across the country. Comments (Comments)

Nielsen reports 1.7 million New Zealanders own a smartphone
Posted on 20-Mar-2013 10:11Tags News, Mobile
Digitally connected consumers use wireless and mobile technology to make their lives easier and save time, shows the latest report from Nielsen, a global information and measurement company. Comments (Comments)

Adblock Plus complains about Google actions
Posted on 15-Mar-2013 10:25Tags News, Android
Adblock Plus said today that Google has removed all ad blocking apps for Android, including Adblock Plus, from the Google Play Store. Adblock Plus claims that this unilateral move by Google threatens consumer choice. Comments (Comments)

Google executive to share lessons from NYC and Silicon Valley with New Zealanders
Posted on 14-Mar-2013 11:30Tags News, Computing
Google software engineer and Waikato alumnus Craig Nevill-Manning will be in Hamilton next month to talk about the lessons he’s learnt from working with technology companies in the U.S. that could help the fledgling New Zealand tech-industry. Comments (Comments)

WhatsApp Messenger launches on BlackBerry 10
Posted on 14-Mar-2013 11:04Tags News, Mobile
WhatsApp will bring a native version of its popular mobile messaging service to the BlackBerry 10 platform. Comments (Comments)

Telecom announces Gen-i Australia changes
Posted on 13-Mar-2013 12:47Tags News, Computing
Total staff numbers at Gen-i Australia will fall from approximately 180 to about 60 employees. In addition to redundancy costs, it is anticipated there will be other restructuring costs associated with this action. Comments (Comments)


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